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Efforts to upgrade the Kankakee River's watershed have gotten a $7.9 million boost. The Indiana Department of Agriculture says it's gotten funding from the USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service for its Kankakee Watershed Initiative.

MERRILLVILLE, Ind. (AP) — A northwestern Indiana philanthropic foundation has won a more than $226,000 federal grant to address food deserts in Gary and…